Myth & Allegory Artists have been telling stories for thousands of years. Tell your story as a symbolic self-portrait inspired by mythology for an exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Teen Night on May 2, 2019. Challenge description: Artists from many times and places have created artwork inspired by cultural figures of mythology and history,… Read on

Background Information: Artists from many times and places have created artwork inspired by cultural figures of mythology and history, including William Bouguereau. While much of his imagery is from Greek and Roman mythology, every culture has its own iconic figures that represent values, history, and mythology that inspire our own stories and imaginations. Primary Purpose: Students… Read on

Primary Purpose: Use the painting Homer and His Guide by William Adolphe-Bouguerea to help students recognize and explore empathy and how artists can communicate emotions in figurative art with facial expression, body language, and visual storytelling Background Information: Homer is the famous Greek poet and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. This particular painting titled… Read on

Enjoy these post-museum visit activities on your self-guided experience through Winslow Homer. These activities are designed to take an hour, with three parts totaling 20 minutes. Courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

These pre-museum visit activities will build students’ background knowledge and introduce students to the life, legacy, and work of Winslow Homer.  The multipart activities can be done together, separately, or in any combination that works for your classroom. Courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Complete your visit of Coming Away: Winslow Homer & England with these post-gallery activities. Courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Enjoy these in-gallery activities on your self-guided experience through Winslow Homer. These activities are designed to take an hour, with three parts totaling 20 minutes. Courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Explore major themes and artists featured in the The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip exhibition with this Teacher Resource Guide. Courtesy of the Aperture Foundation.

Explore the vocabulary of Creating Modernism in France with this glossary of key art history concepts relevant to the exhibition.

Explore major themes and artists featured in the Creating Modernism in France exhibition with this Teacher Resource Guide. Courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Architecture.